Species of aquatic plant
Elodea canadensis
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Monocots
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Order:
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Alismatales
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Family:
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Hydrocharitaceae
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Genus:
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Elodea
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Species:
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E. canadensis
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Binomial name
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Elodea canadensis
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Synonyms
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- Anacharis alsinastrum Bab.
Babington, 1848
- Anacharis canadensis (Michaux)
Planchon, 1848
- Anacharis canadensis (Michaux) Planchon, var. planchonii (Caspary)
Victorin, 1931
- Anacharis linearis (Rydberg)
Victorin, 1931
- Anacharis planchonii (Caspary)
Rydberg, 1932
- Elodea brandegeeae
St. John, 1962
- Elodea iowensis
Wylie, 1910
- Elodea latifolia
Caspary, 1857
- Elodea linearis (Rydberg)
St. John, 1965
- Elodea oblongifolia
Michaux ex Caspary, 1858
- Elodea planchonii
Caspary, 1857
- Philotria canadensis (Michaux)
Britton, 1895
- Philotria iowensis (Wylie)
Wylie, 1911
- Philotria linearis
Rydberg, 1908
- Philotria planchonii (Caspary)
Rydberg, 1908
- Serpicula canadensis (Michaux)
1829
- Udora canadensis (Michaux)
Nuttall, 1818
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Elodea canadensis (American waterweed or Canadian waterweed or pondweed) is a perennial aquatic plant, or submergent macrophyte, native to most of North America.[1][2][3] It has been introduced widely to regions outside its native range and was first recorded from the British Isles in about 1836.[4]